Physics & Astronomy

College of Arts & Sciences

Rich Barrans

Dr. Barrans received a Ph.D. in
organic chemistry from Caltech in 1993, then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at
Los Alamos National Lab in the area of metals separation. He joined the
staff of the chemistry division of Argonne National Lab in 1995, again working
in metals separation. In 2000, he became assistant director of the PG
Research Foundation, a spin-off of his former Argonne group. In 2003, he
enrolled in John Carroll University’s department of education, receiving his
Master of Education degree and teaching certification in 2004. He has
been teaching at UW since 2005.